The Fellowships & Writing Center (FWC) offers workshops throughout the year to facilitate your professional development as a scholar. Our workshops range from informational panels on fellowships and research to interactive sessions in which we work on targeted writing skills or discuss project management strategies.
Workshops and other programming are announced on Engage, in the FWC newsletter On Grants and Prose, and in other Harvard Griffin GSAS communications.
We also partner with the Academic Resource Center and the Mignone Center for Career Success to bring you events such as “What I Wish I Had Known about Summer for PhD Students.”
See upcoming events below or visit the events calendar for more FWC events.
In the Spotlight
NSF GRFP General Information Sessions
Wednesday, July 24, 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. (Zoom)
Tuesday, July 30, 4:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. (Zoom)
The National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides three years of funding over a five-year period for STEM and select social science fields. To learn more about the program and how to apply, join us for one of two identical information sessions. We will give particular attention to the two main application components: the research statement and personal statement.
Fellowship Application Bootcamp
August 5–9, 10:00 a.m.–noon (Zoom)
Submitting a fellowship application this fall? Join us for the fellowship application bootcamp, during which we will discuss how to write your most compelling essay, view sample essay excerpts, conduct peer review, and give you time to work on your application in a supportive environment. By the end of the week, you should have a draft of your project statement essay.
Upcoming Workshop Schedule
Mastering Transitions in Academic Writing
Monday, July 15, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (Zoom)
Tuesday, July 16, 4:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. (in person)
Crafting Your Research Statement for the Job Market
August 13, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. (Zoom)
Keep an eye out for more details on all our workshops in our biweekly newsletter, On Grants and Prose, as well as on the FWC page on Engage. (To view events, you must sign in to Engage.)
Past Workshops
Other past workshops have included:
- Fulbright-Hays DDRA Program
- Demystifying the Finish Line: A Dissertation Workshop
- Perspectives on Pitching and Publishing
- Writing the Prospectus
- Overcoming Writing Obstacles
- The Art of the Conference Presentation
- Establishing a Writing Practice
- Crafting Introductions and Conclusions
- Strategies for Revising Academic Work
- Research Statement Workshop
- Merit and Traveling Fellowships Information Session
- Fulbright US Student Program Information Session
- NSF GRFP Information Session
You can find recordings of some of these workshops on the FWC Canvas site.
